Canadian National: Dependent, Mother of Employee Pass, to Detroit Mich from Ottawa and back, Issued to Mrs. M. McKinnion, Mother of J. B. McKinnon, 1942
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Canadian National: Dependent, Mother of Employee Pass, to Detroit Mich from Ottawa and back, Issued to Mrs. M. McKinnion, Mother of J. B. McKinnon, 1942Entry/Object ID
2021.1515.01Description
Canadian National branded issued dependent mother of an employee trip pass. The pass was issued to Mrs. McKinnon, mother of John Bergen McKinnon, a Canadian National locomotive fireman. The pass was valid for a trip to Detroit Michigan from Ottawa Ontario and back. It was issued on June 1st, 1942 and had to be used by the end of August 1942. The pass includes the areas to record: name, account, from, to, date issued, expires, address, required by, signature of conductor, train number, date Distinguishing Features: Blue card with black inkContext
Original document, original pass assigned to Mrs. M McKinnon, mother of J. B. McKinnon in 1948. Canadian National was created following the end of the First World War, by combining five lines which were financially troubled. It soon became the largest railway in the country. Canadian National Railways was founded in 1919 as a combination of several railways that had become bankrupt and were being ran by the Canadian Government Railways, its primary service was freight but also operated passenger service until 1978 until it was absorbed by VIA rail. The Canadian National Railways was created by the Government of Canada as a means to fund the failing railway corporations including: Intercolonial Railway of Canada, National Transcontinental Railway, Prince Edward Island Railway, and Hudson's Bay Railway.Collection
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Canadian National